Thumbtack package



April 4, 1939. E. HELM ET AL Filed July 22, 1936 Elma/M30115 afaak 7170/? Eric /-/e/ 77 Patented Apr. 4, 1939 1 OFFIE THUMBTAOK PACKAGE Eric Helm and 'Jack Wolk, Waterbury, Conn; Bertha Helm administratrix of said Eric Helm,

deceased Application July 22, 1936, Serial No. 92,030

1 Claim.

for household use and for use by window dressers and other artisans.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an improved thumbtack package of the above kind which is simple, compact, attractive, and easy and convenient to handle and use.

A more specific object of the present invention is to provide an improved thumbtack package of the above kind having a projecting tab on at least one edge thereof, and adapted to facilitate handling of the package or attachment thereof to a support, as well as providing a suitable surface for the conspicuous display of a numeral indicating the number of tacks in the package, advertising matter, and/ or a trade-mark.

The present invention consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more .fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and. claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a thumbtack package embodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is a view of the device shown in Figure 1 partly in longitudinal section and partly in edge elevation, the View being taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of a modified form of the present invention; and

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 of still another form of the invention.

Referring in detail to the drawing, thepresent thumbtack package consists of a stifi relatively thick board or placard P, and a plurality of thumbtacks T stuck into one face of said placard so as to be located at substantially uniform intervals throughout the area of said face of the placard, preferably in transverse and longitudinal rows as shown.

The placard P is made of suitable material which is readily penetrable by the points of the thumbtacks and which will effectively retain the latter when said thumbtacks are stuck into the placard as shown, although permitting ready forcible detachment or removal of the thumbtacks as required for use. Any suitable material may be used for this purpose, such as laminated cardboard, etc. As shown, this placard consists of a main relatively thick member or board 5 and a relatively thin facing sheet 6 which may be secured to the main member or board 5 or simply held thereto by the inserted thumbtacks. The facing sheet 6 has its exposed surface suitably printed artistically and in colors so as to render the placard attractive, and it will of course be understood that the thumbtacks are only partially driven into the placard P so that the points of said thumtacks are concealed and protected so This invention relates to thumbtack packagesas to not contact with and mar or scratch any article or the user of the package.

Carried by and projecting from at least one edge of the placard P is a relatively large tabby means of which the package may be easily and conveniently handled and used. When thumbtack packages of this kind are used, they are often placed in the pocket, and the flap I can be readily grasped for handling the package and facilitating insertion of the package into or 10 removal of it from the pocket. Alternatively, the flap 1 affords a convenient means by which the package may be pinned or otherwise suitably fastened to a support where the package is conveniently accessible for removal of the thumbtacks are 15 grasped and will not become readily detached, 20

and affords sufficient space on which may be printed a trade-mark or advertising matter for being conspicuously displayed.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the tab I may be formed integral with one end of the facing 25 sheet 6, or integral with a separate sheet 6a interposed between laminations of the main member or board 5 as shown in Figure 3, or a separate sheet 61) applied to the back of the main member or board 5 as shown in Figure 4. In addition, it is elementary that the tab 1 may be duplicated on other edges of the placard, as well as suitably applied or fastened to said placard without being formed integral with a facing or other sheet 6, 6a, or 6:1), even though the latter provides a very simple and desirable construction which is economical to produce and efiicient in use.

What we claim as new is:

A thumbtack package of the character described, comprising a stiff and relatively thick 40 placard formed of material which is readily penetrable by the points of thumbtacks, and a plurality of thumbtacks stuck into said placard so that their points are embedded and concealed within the latter, said thumbtacks being disposed 5 at substantially regular intervals throughout the area of the placard, and a relatively large paper finger or suspension tab carried by and projecting from at least one edge of said placard to facilitate handling or pinning of the package on 5 a support, said placard including a laminated main relatively thick point-receiving and concealing member and a relatively thinner sheet interposed between laminations of said main member and having said tab formed integral 55 therewith.

ERIC HELM. JACK WOLK. 

